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THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET<br/>
<span class=large>JEREMIAH</span>
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CHAPTER 4
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Israel and Judah called to repentance—Jeremiah laments for the miseries of Judah.
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If</span> thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, return unto me: and if thou wilt put away thine abominations out of my sight, then shalt thou not remove.
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And thou shalt swear, The <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/4/2a" mark="a" type="A" title="Jer. 16: 14."><span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span></a> liveth, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.
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&#182; For thus saith the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/4/3a" mark="a" type="A" title="Hosea 10: 12.">Break</a> up your fallow ground, and sow not among <sup>b</sup><a href="jer/4/3b" mark="b" type="A" title="Matt. 13: 7.">thorns</a>.
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<sup>a</sup><a href="jer/4/4a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Circumcision.">Circumcise</a> yourselves to the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, and take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my fury come forth like fire, and burn that none can quench <i>it,</i> because of the evil of your doings.
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Declare ye in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem; and say, Blow ye the trumpet in the land: cry, gather together, and say, Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the defenced cities.
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Set up the <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/4/6a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Ensign.">standard</a> toward <sup>b</sup><a href="jer/4/6b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Zion.">Zion</a>: retire, stay not: for I will bring evil from the <sup>c</sup><a href="jer/4/6c" mark="c" type="A" title="Jer. 1: 14 (13-14); Jer. 6: 1; Jer. 10: 22.">north</a>, and a great destruction.
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The <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/4/7a" mark="a" type="A" title="Jer. 49: 19.">lion</a> is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make thy <sup>b</sup><a href="jer/4/7b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Israel, Land of.">land</a> desolate; <i>and</i> thy cities shall be laid waste, without an inhabitant.
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For this <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/4/8a" mark="a" type="A" title="Joel 1: 13 (1-13).">gird</a> you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce <sup>b</sup><a href="jer/4/8b" mark="b" type="A" title="Isa. 9: 12 (12, 17, 21).">anger</a> of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> is not turned back from us.
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And it shall come to pass at that day, saith the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, <i>that</i> the heart of the king shall perish, and the heart of the princes; and the priests shall be astonished, and the prophets shall wonder.
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Then said I, Ah, Lord <span class='smallcaps'>God</span>!  surely thou hast greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall have peace; whereas the sword reacheth unto the soul.
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At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A dry <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/4/11a" mark="a" type="A" title="Jer. 51: 1 (1-2).">wind</a> of the high places in the wilderness toward the daughter of my people, not to fan, nor to cleanse,
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<i>Even</i> a full wind from those <i>places</i> shall come unto me: now also will I give sentence against them.
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Behold, he shall come up as <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/4/13a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ezek. 38: 9.">clouds</a>, and his chariots <i>shall be</i> as a whirlwind: his horses are <sup>b</sup><a href="jer/4/13b" mark="b" type="A" title="Lam. 4: 19.">swifter</a> than eagles.  Woe unto us!  for we are spoiled.
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O Jerusalem, <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/4/14a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Cleanliness; TG Purification; TG Purity.">wash</a> thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved.  How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?
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For a voice declareth from Dan, and publisheth affliction from mount Ephraim.
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Make ye mention to the nations; behold, publish against Jerusalem, <i>that</i> watchers come from a far country, and give out their voice against the cities of Judah.
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As keepers of a field, are they against her round about; because she hath been rebellious against me, saith the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>.
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Thy way and thy doings have procured these <i>things</i> unto thee; this <i>is</i> thy wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reacheth unto thine heart.
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&#182; My <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/4/19a" mark="a" type="A" title="Lam. 1: 20.">bowels</a>, my bowels!  I am <sup>b</sup><a href="jer/4/19b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Pain.">pained</a> at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.
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<sup>a</sup><a href="jer/4/20a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ezek. 7: 26.">Destruction</a> upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is spoiled: suddenly are my <sup>b</sup><a href="jer/4/20b" mark="b" type="A" title="Jer. 10: 20.">tents</a> spoiled, <i>and</i> my curtains in a moment.
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How long shall I see the standard, <i>and</i> hear the sound of the trumpet?
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For my people <i>is</i> <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/4/22a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Foolishness.">foolish</a>, they have not <sup>b</sup><a href="jer/4/22b" mark="b" type="A" title="Mosiah 5: 13.">known</a> me; they <i>are</i> sottish children, and they have none understanding: they <i>are</i> wise to do <sup>c</sup><a href="jer/4/22c" mark="c" type="A" title="Hel. 12: 4 (1-7).">evil</a>, but to do good they have no knowledge.
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I beheld the earth, and, lo, <i>it was</i> <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/4/23a" mark="a" type="D" title="OR empty and desolate.">without</a> form, and <sup>b</sup><a href="jer/4/23b" mark="b" type="A" title="Moses 2: 2 (2-26).">void</a>; and the heavens, and they <i>had</i> no light.
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I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly.
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I beheld, and, lo, <i>there was</i> no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.
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I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place <i>was</i> a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, <i>and</i> by his fierce anger.
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For thus hath the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/4/27a" mark="a" type="A" title="Jer. 5: 10.">end</a>.
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For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black: because I have spoken <i>it,</i> I have purposed <i>it,</i> and will not <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/4/28a" mark="a" type="P" title="HEB relent.">repent</a>, neither will I turn back from it.
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The whole city shall flee for the noise of the horsemen and bowmen; they shall go into thickets, and climb up upon the rocks: every city <i>shall be</i> <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/4/29a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Israel, Scattering of.">forsaken</a>, and not a man dwell therein.
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And <i>when</i> thou <i>art</i> spoiled, what wilt thou do?  Though thou clothest thyself with crimson, though thou deckest thee with <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/4/30a" mark="a" type="A" title="Hosea 2: 13.">ornaments</a> of gold, though thou <sup>b</sup><a href="jer/4/30b" mark="b" type="D" title="OR enlargest thine eyes.">rentest</a> thy face with painting, in vain shalt thou make thyself fair; <i>thy</i> <sup>c</sup><a href="jer/4/30c" mark="c" type="P" title="HEB sensuous lovers.">lovers</a> will despise thee, they will seek thy life.
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For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, <i>and</i> the anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/4/31a" mark="a" type="A" title="Lam. 1: 17.">Zion</a>, <i>that</i> bewaileth herself, <i>that</i> spreadeth her hands, <i>saying,</i> Woe <i>is</i> me now!  for my soul is wearied because of murderers.
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